Recurring Nightmare

Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.

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How do I get started with Magic Online?

Check out the guide to Magic Online.
Which cards are legal?

Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.

You can view the full legal cards list.
How do I find or brew a decklist?

Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.

Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere

View the full legal cards list
How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?

To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.

To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
How do I enter the league?

Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.

You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.

To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.

Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.

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How do I enter a tournament?

We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.

They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.

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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.

Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.

The next rotation is in 6 days, 15 hours.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1845	3199–3040	51.3	27	124	124
Reanimator	313	518–526	49.6	1	18	14
Recurring Nightmare	233	415–390	51.6	1	15	12
Dragon Nightmare	160	307–276	52.7	1	13	8
Jund Nightmare	1	1–2	33.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	100–94	51.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	12–19	38.7
Mono White Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	9–16	36.0
Red Deck Wins	9–14	39.1
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	8–4	66.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	14–22	38.9
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	7–0	100.0
Merfolk	4–1	80.0
Artifact Aggro	8–12	40.0
Affinity	2–3	40.0
Tempered Steel	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–1	66.7
Illusions	2–1	66.7
Madness	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	3–0	100.0
Slivers	5–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	4–0	100.0
Knights	4–2	66.7
AggroSlide	4–1	80.0
Boros Aggro	0–4	0.0
Humans	7–8	46.7
Bant Humans	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Humans	4–5	44.4
Combo	76–93	45.0
Storm	39–59	39.8
Dragonstorm	4–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	2–2	50.0
High Tide	23–29	44.2
Channel Storm	8–28	22.2
Reanimator	16–16	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	14–14	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	9–11	45.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	2–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Warp World	0–4	0.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–2	60.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	1–2	33.3
Ad Nauseam	4–0	100.0
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–3	0.0
Control	73–59	55.3
Mono Black Control	4–3	57.1
Esper Control	9–9	50.0
Mono Blue Control	5–4	55.6
Dimir Control	4–1	80.0
Azorius Control	12–17	41.4
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	4–5	44.4
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–5	37.5
Grixis Control	4–0	100.0
Stax	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Control	2–3	40.0
Ponza	3–2	60.0
Mono White Control	7–4	63.6
Life is Ez	5–4	55.6
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	4–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	2–3	40.0
Seasons Past Control	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	19–24	44.2
Aristocrats	6–5	54.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Food	1–0	100.0
Burn	4–9	30.8
Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	2–6	25.0
Goblin Persist	1–2	33.3
Dirty Kitty	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Control	34–35	49.3
Izzet Tempo	9–9	50.0
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–10	44.4
Izzet Spells	4–8	33.3
Dimir Tempo	4–1	80.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Sultai Tempo	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	8–17	32.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–2	50.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–13	23.5
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–12	20.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–5	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–6	14.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	96–57	62.7
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Jund	2–2	50.0
Anti-Persecution	3–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–5	16.7
Varolz Dreadnought	0–5	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–2	60.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–3	40.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	16–4	80.0
Big Red	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	10–1	90.9
Mono Black Devotion	5–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	3–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–1	75.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	2–5	28.6
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–5	28.6
Party	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	2–2	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	10–8	55.6
Mardu Hero	0–2	0.0
Five Color Hero	3–5	37.5
Gruul Obosh	1–1	50.0
Simic Snow	21–10	67.7
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Coinflip Tribal	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	9–11	45.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–8	46.7
Greenpost	7–6	53.8
Gruul Post	0–2	0.0